Professional Squirrel Control in Woolwich

Uphill, Not Down by the River

The pattern is consistent enough to be useful on the phone. Riverside flats produce almost no squirrel enquiries; the interwar estate housing on the northern slope of Shooter's Hill - the Barnfield Estate went up there in the 1930s - and the streets around the common produce most of them, because that is where the trees and the accessible rooflines are in the same place.

Daytime noise is the single most useful thing you can tell us. Heavy movement in a loft in the middle of the afternoon points strongly at squirrels, because they are active in daylight and rats are not.

Signs You May Need Squirrel Control in Woolwich

The full list is on the Squirrel Control Greenwich page.

• Heavy movement in daylight. This is the giveaway. Rodent activity in a loft at three in the afternoon is far more likely to be a squirrel than a rat, because squirrels are active in the day and rats are not.
• Noise with real weight to it. Thumping, rolling, dragging, and sometimes the sound of something being carried across the ceiling.
• Activity along fences, cables and overhanging branches. That is the road in.

How We Deal With Squirrels in Woolwich

A trapping programme runs over a series of visits, with traps sited where the animals are moving and checked on the required schedule. The entry point is closed afterwards, never before.